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Stamped

| Friday, January 16, 2015
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I'm here. I love you. I don't care if you need to stay up crying all night long. I will stay with you. There's nothing you can ever to lose my love. I will protect you until you die. and after your death. I will still protect you. I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me -

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Things I Do / Don't Know..

| Thursday, August 8, 2013
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Change - Evolution - Perspective - Underneath it all my core remains the same:

I don't know why bad things happen... I don't know why
we go through what we go through sometimes...
I don't know all you are feeling right at this moment..
I don't know exactly the right words to tell you..

All I do know is...

Believe it or not, I know that
I'm not always the easiest person in the world to get along with, deal with...
There are times when I'm moody, and no matter what you do or say, I'll find fault...
I know that, at times, I push you to the point where you feel that you just can't win and you wonder what you could possibly be doing wrong...
Well; I've got news; it's not you, it's me.
I just can't understand what someone as wonderful as you could see in me, and I get scared.
I'm afraid you'll suddenly see all my flaws and fall out of love with me. I know it's no excuse, but those times when I'm the most difficult are definitely the times I'm loving you the most...
I know I can't bear the thought of life without you, so I am trying and and trying and I do love you more than anything else in this world.

Things I Do / Don't Know..

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Re-discover!

| Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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Nothing new, we all know, I love music. I listen to music a lot and I love discovering new artists, styles and sounds. It is true that music has no language. Its speaks only one language. The language of Love, language of feelings, emotions.

Now, these songs reminds and speaks to me about one common factor...Take a listen yourself, I am sure these will definitely help you rediscover your lost passion for these wonderful songs and make you want to listen to them all over again.

""Rooh Ne Chhoo li Jism Ki Khushboo...Tu Jo Paas Aayi..""


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""I keep looking for something new, Will you pick me up? Can you pull me through? A melody, A little piece of where I come from..""





""Kaasa Noigarigalum Kanurangum Vaelayila..Aasa Noi Vanthu Maga Ara Nimisam Thoongalayae""







Re-discover!

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Date :Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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Gadget Update!!

| Friday, February 8, 2013
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Howdy Guys???? I hope things are well and sound. I have been quite busy with work which I believe you do not want me write about. So instead let me talk about my NEW Phablet (cell phone + tablet) and some other cool gadgets I gifted myself ;)

1st -
Samsung Galaxy Note II
 



So yeah, I got another new cell phone. Pretty cool I should say as this phablet is superb and just by fetching the thing out of my pocket at work I have managed to sway many of my colleagues in favor of Samsung for their next cell phone up-date. It seems every every one wants a piece of the action.

1 - It is an upgrade from my Note 1!!!

2- It's BIG. Big for gaming, big for videos, big for web browsing. Simply put, if you want a phone with the most real estate on the screen size, then there is no alternative. Don't be so mesmerized on the 1080p screens that will come out soon. Unless you want to destroy your eyes and use the phone from an inch away, you will not notice the difference in everyday use.
3- It's fast. Yes, the Qualcomm S4 Pro quad-core beats this Tegra 3/Exynos 4 CPU in most benchmarks, but again, unless you are a hard-core geek that is OCD on numbers, you will not notice any difference in everyday use. There is no discernible lag anywhere (it's probably just your slow Internet connection).
4- It's beautiful. Not HTC or Sony beautiful, but this is one sleek and stylish phone. The white is classic, but this Titanium Gray is awesome. Just check out the back cover and you will see what I mean (yes, even with that cheap-feeling plastic material).
5- Did I mention the screen? It's BIG, it's bright, and it's beee-ay-eeww-ti-ful! AMOLED screens have awesome color saturation and contrast (most times even overkill, actually). Some people say it's not good in daylight. Um, have you tried cranking up the brightness??
6- The Samsung/Android touch. Not everyone may like Samsung's Touchwiz user interface compiled onto Android, but I dare you to find a phone with more features than this one (and similarly the Galaxy S3). Here are the main highlights:
a. Samsung utilizes the front facing camera almost to perfection. You can use it to control your music player; it has facial recognition to sense you are directly in front of the screen so it won't dim and turn off the screen (for reading, web browsing, video playback, etc.); it recognizes your facial orientation so that when you are lying down sideways looking at the screen, the accelerometer will not kick in to auto-rotate the screen in the wrong orientation. That is something that has always bothered me with other phones and FINALLY someone has added that feature! Granted, not all these features work flawlessly, but it's a great start.
b. Integration with Google is finally starting to show off in good ways. It was always once that Apple had the superior ecosystem. But now we see the future is bright indeed. Not just evolution, but finally innovation!
c. The S Pen and all the neat things you can do with it. Preview a point in the movie before skipping to that point, and other things like going old-school back to the PDA days!
7- It accepts up to a 64GB microSD card.


2nd

Musical Showerhead - Kohler Moxie

Music when I am showering!! I think that alone is enough to make this a COOL product, a must have for me!I love it. The idea behind this product is ingenious. The only complaint I have is the water pressure. It is not horrible, just a bit low. It is less than what I got from my regular shower head but not low enough too make me go back. I love that I can pair it with my playlist from my phablet. 

It was very easy to pair with my phablet and anything else with Bluetooth. To pair just press the button on the device and then clicked on the moxie on my phone and it was ready to go. Once I charged it up i put it in my shower and it was ready to go.

Gadget Update!!

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Date :Friday, February 8, 2013
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A hope?

| Thursday, January 24, 2013
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Fulfillment is difficult to attain if not impossible, but living the moment is. This heart of mine restrained, bottled up, suppressed, choked back thinks of the heart of yours unleashed, crazy for, in love, attached; (does) our unrequited love yearns on...

A hope?

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2013!

| Monday, December 31, 2012
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Happy New Year! We’re all starting the year with a clean slate, so forget those niggling little problems you’ve been dwelling on, get rid of that old baggage you’ve been carrying around, and concentrate on the good things in your life. I hope that 2013 holds much love, happiness, and good health for you and yours.

Till the next time, I will leave you with the quite below:

2013!

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Top 5

| Thursday, December 27, 2012
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My quick list on my Samsung Galaxy Note II now tops with ARR’s music, after a while I must say. Well, it is not an exaggeration if I say that Nejukulle from Kadal is the new silence in my life. My ears are filled with just that and nothing else, except when I have to meet the obligations of mankind, you know, like listening to them when they talk. Sakthi Shree Gopalan does a very neat job.

Haricharan follows up his astounding rendition in Aiyaiyaiyo aanandhame (Kumki) with a blow-the-rafters-off vocal performance. Mr. D Imman's orchestra is very grand. It is quite different yet classical.

Ennodu Vaa Vaa is followed that sustains the long lasting interest for this playlist altogether. This song is absolutely groovy carrying a slight funky touch in the charanams, beautifully sung by Karthik. Absolute stunner this song is, however reminds me too much of Nilavu Paatu from Kannukkul Nilavu. How I miss Hariharan!

D Imman returns to do a solo rendition of Onnum Puriyala, and pulls it off beautifully. The orchestration is equally brilliant here, taking on a Illayaraja-esque quality in places (particularly felt that with the usage of chorus in the second interlude) and the first few picks on guitar.

The last song of this top five closes with Vennilave. Though the typical slow song to relax your mood by Harris. The delayed flute intrudes makes it quite interesting to continue listening. Hariharan and Bombay Jeyashree's renditions wins it into the top 5.

Top 5

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Date :Thursday, December 27, 2012
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Life of Pi

| Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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The book was called un-filmable not only because of the technical challenges but because the way the story plays out; there are large portions where nothing significant happens and how do you keep expressing what a boy is feeling. However, master filmmaker, Ang Lee brought it alive on the big screen and in a way one couldn’t imagine. Life of Pi is not only visually stunning but is a deeply moving film that despite all the technical wizardry is far from the usual holiday blockbusters.


For those not aware of the story, Life of Pi is about a 13-year old Indian boy, Piscine Molitor Patel aka Pi, from Pondicherry (now Puducherry) who is born a Hindu but is also Muslim and Christian. He believes in God and sees a kind soul in everyone… even wild animals. He loses his family in a ship-wreck and finds himself in a lifeboat with some cargo from his father’s zoo – a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a tiger (Richard Parker). The rest of the story is about his amazing journey, survival and faith in God.

Life of Pi is full of questions that the movie does not seek to answer. While we might want a filmmaker to plant a flag, point to a path, Ang Lee gets the viewer to do the soul searching. Ravishingly gorgeous visuals are embedded in an electrifying saga that tests human endurance and is anchored in bonding with other forms of life. This bonding that occurs at the level of the soul (Pi believes animals have souls you can connect with), and if one does not believe in soul, than the bonding that occurs through the senses. When Richard Parker walks off unceremoniously into the jungle, towards the end, Pi laments, “All of life is an act of letting go, but what hurts is not taking a moment to say goodbye.”


This is a story about life, in every one of its forms, real and imaginary, and life can hardly ever exist, without the presence of other life. In Pi’s journey, the ocean sparkles. This is a story of transformation where a child becomes a man, first dealing with fear, then thirst, then hunger, threats from a hyena, then a fierce will to survive, loosing his rations in yet another deadly storm, unpredictability of the ocean, his face-off with the tiger and then his acceptance of the companion on board. In the end, he sums it up, “my fear of him kept me alert and tending to his needs gave me purpose”.

Indeed, why must we believe that reality is limited, when we have not experienced all of reality and from all the perspectives? Perhaps the senses are heightened or the reality is different at a certain altitude or in the middle of the night the ocean sparkles with phosphorescence, in an unimaginable way. After all, our experience with life is at such an infinitely small scale anyway.

Michael Danna’s background score is beautiful and reminds you a bit about his earlier Indian outings like Monsoon Wedding and Water. Among the actors, Suraj Sharma as Pi has done a fine job for a debutant and shows great promise as an actor. Tabu as Pi’s mother is as graceful as ever but I wish she had a few more scenes. Like her, other actors including Gérard Depardieu, Adil Hussain, Rafe Spall and Irrfan Khan have small roles but all just right. The real star of the film however is Richard Parker, the computer generated tiger. He is so real, so majestic and so beautiful; like Pi, you develop a bond with him and feel disappointed with his indifference. I absolutely loved the movie and encourage everyone to see it at least once!

Life of Pi

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Date :Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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Reunion in Death!

| Friday, August 24, 2012
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Sneha stumble into her bedroom almost feebly, and look at the power and presence within her. It is a paradox — it seems that suddenly the darkness in her memory and the Faith in her intellect join forces and let her stand in the door way of Will. Faith beckons her to do rather than rest in darkness — to accomplish rather than question why.. as she slowly lifts the receiver to her ear.

It's cold. Her hand, poised over the keypad, hesitates. What is the number? She puts the phone on its hook and searches for the paper with Shreya's number on it. She knows the number. She memorized it yesterday, when she finally called information to get it. It took a while for the operator to find it.
Shreya moved since the last time Sneha spoke to her. Not surprising, it's been seventeen
years.

Seventeen years -- a lifetime ago. Certainly, nothing is the same. Most definitely not
Sneha. Seventeen years ago she was young and beautiful -- and in love. Hopelessly in
love. Now, married and two children later, she's just taking it one day at a time.

Biting her lip, Sneha perches on the end of the bed, her hand once again hovering over
the phone on the table in front of her. Ever since she heard that Shreya's son, Mathan, died
in a car accident, the same thoughts keep running through her mind. "Will Shreya even
remember me? We were best friends for ten years. How could she forget? The real
question is -- would she rather forget. Will she even talk to me? Has enough time lapsed
to heal the wounds? Has Shreya ever forgiven me?"

Looking back, Sneha could see that it was all blown out of proportion at the time. After
all nothing really ever happened. But Shreya never believed that. At least not that she ever
told Sneha.

It took a few months, after that blowout scene between them at the restaurant, for
Sneha to put the hurt behind her and move on. A year later, she got married and
regretted that Shreya was not there to be her bridesmaid. Shreya never knew she had a
namesake -- Sneha's first daughter, little Rani, who died at six months old, from SIDS.
"Thank God, for Latha. I thought the world ended when little Rani died. Latha is my pride
and joy, my reason for living, but little Rani is never far from my thoughts or my heart."

Now, Sneha's heard that Shreya has lost her son, too. Sneha's sister told her three days
ago. She read about it in the local paper last week. "Oh Shreya , I wish I were there for
you now. I want you to know that I know what you're going through. I want you to know
that you're not alone."

For the umpteenth time in three days, Sneha remembers the pain of losing a child.
Drying her eyes, her hands trembling, she picks up the phone and dials the number. A
sad, yet familiar voice answers on the third ring, "Hello."

"Hello, Shreya?"

Reunion in Death!

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Scores collectively!

| Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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Time is flying. I'm not going to promise consistency over the summer - will be a huge distraction - but I will do my best to avoid big gaps in posting again. In any case it was not meant to be another month break. It's been a vicious couple of months, hasn't it? All my best wishes go out to anyone caught up in any of the chaos.

 

Anyways; This is one I've been meaning to post since the last spread. So finally now, I've compiled a list of tracks for anyone unfamiliar with what music can do to your soul. Good words and fine sentiments are not enough. The music must move us.

A good night's sleep really means feeling good at every step of the way. For example, one can pass out pretty happily after a big weekend evening of drinking, but I bet you he'll toss in the middle of the night and awake with a headache that really ruins it all.

Sometimes one may go to bed early and sleep really well through the night, but awake feeling grumpy and tired for no discernible reason. Both of these are problems and these songs will solve them both... and much more of course...














Scores collectively!

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Ebay + PayPal = You are a Moron!

| Saturday, June 30, 2012
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EBAY is nothing but a horrible piece of CRAP! All they are is a search engine and they think they can charge sellers for listing an item then charge the seller about 10% for what the final sale price is "Final Value Fee (FVF)". On top of that they charge a fee of almost 10% for what I charge for shipping! WTF is that!

On top of it all eBay owns PayPal and they charge around 3% of the total sales cost. Do the math. After they take 13% of my money and not all that is mine because I have to ship (materials + time + travel+ cost) they are charging me though PayPal on the money I paid them on the FVF (Final Value Fee)

SCREW EBAY!!! This site is a joke!

To make things worst; the feds are cracking down to charge tax on PayPal users!! While eBay is holding sellers payments for almost a month.


eBay, once one of the mightiest dotcoms is now just a stupid company trying to fleece the punters. eBay shafted everyone back in January with their new fee structure 1,2,3. But that’s old news.
Like it or not, eBay is providing a service which you are under no obligation to use and they are free to charge what the hell they like, if you want to use it.

That said, here’s my beef.

Fees = L(x) + S(y) + P(y+z)

I recently sold an item on ebay for $35. Yippee!

However, here is the bill:
Listing fees 0.88
Selling fees 2.88
PayPal fees 1.58
Total fees  5.34

$5.34 commission on a sale of $35, that’s pretty steep at around 15%. But, I don’t really have a problem with that per-Se. The problem is really the way that is it done. The total fee of $5.34 is charged quite sneakily: firstly, it is split into three small fees, so psychologically it doesn’t seem that bad.

total fees = listing fees + selling fees + PayPal* fees!!!!!!
*eBay owns PayPal

I much frustrated at the fact that the final fee is NEVER mentioned in any correspondence. After you have sold an item you get an email saying “You’ve sold your item on eBay”, but there is no mention of the fees that you now owe them!

Even within the newly redesigned “my ebay” they are not AT ALL upfront about selling fees and how much you have paid to them. This information – should you decide you want to know what you have paid them – is hidden away deep inside your account details (“my account -> my fees -> view recent fees”).

Transparent? No.

Do they really think that no one notices these things?

Ebay + PayPal = You are a Moron!

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Date :Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Second inning...?

| Saturday, May 26, 2012
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It is funny you will ask me this; but here is an attempt at it - Who am I really? Can that be defined yet? Beyond the what I look like; my gender; what makes me happy or sad and the cultural construction of my self now, I feel the sense of self is not achieved in a single step; we don’t emerge from our mother’s womb as fully formed adults!

I am everything!

 So, who am I really? Probably by the time I'm long gone and all the pieces of my activities are compiled and analyzed then you can know what you want to know about me. Meanwhile, I write. Simply because I love writing. I'm a deep thinker and I love to believe in the impossible. The ideal is attainable and a shot at it must be given. Don't say 'It won't work' rather ask 'how will it work? Nobody is ever doomed unless they made the choice. To resist good and to adopt evil is already doom. To loose hope is to choose doom but to believe that every step is a passing phase leading towards your hope is to choose progress. I may go on and on but my posts say it all. I don't force you to agree, I only say enjoy!

Whatever it may be; talk it out. Communication is crucial for a sane relationship! And really, I would have preferred you to ask; “What are you here for?  I’ve gotten this far in my life…whether that be finishing school, getting into complicated relationships, growing as a man, nailing a career…but really, is that it? Is this all there is?

Second inning...?

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Testimony, I shall make!

| Thursday, March 22, 2012
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I would compare Ilaiyaraja's music to two serpants making love, the complex western classical notes chasing and hugging the simple and sweet eastern folk, guided by the rules of classical music as if these lovers are running across a paddy field creating a terrific melody flowing as smooth as a breeze.

Mudhumai Orunaal Namai Vandhu Theendum
Moonraam Kaalil Naam Nirka Vaendum
Mudiyaip Paarththaal Muzhu Vellai
Madiyil Thavazhum Magan Pillai
Neeyaendhik Konja Naan Konjam Kenja
Pooppoanra Pinju En Nenjil Thunja
Paayadhanil Nee Saayndhirukka
Pasiyadangi Naan Oayndhirukka
Irukkum Varikkum Enai Dhinasari Anusari



This shall be the start; I had come over all nostalgic and started to create top 50 lists from my formative years. And this song will be one of the 50 songs I am going to post about in the coming days.. into months. I must strongly emphasise that this list in no way reflects any order of my favourite music. In fact, it doesn’t even necessarily reflect any order just a few songs I have come cross over the years– it is merely the music and words that, for some reason, sticks in my mind from my early years. As you know I LOVE music as it it to me the air I breath!

Testimony, I shall make!

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Happy Birthday Kiran!

| Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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I haven’t seen you for a while. I’d like to say I miss your text, your funny e-messages. But if I were to tell the truth, that wouldn’t quite be true cause what I really miss is you. As you know, we take the same road in life but somewhere the road might branch out. I’d take my road and you’d take yours but the hearts always there around you.. take care of yourself my friend..
Spring has come; Bees are buzzing; Flowers are blooming; Here I am wishing you a very Happy Birthday!

I never forget the good you have done for me and the times you stood by me;

Happy Birthday Kiran!

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Date :Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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Time and again...

| Monday, March 19, 2012
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My blog/writing is special to me – almost as important as are my photographs, because they’re memories I can rely upon when my mind begins to fail me..Though in recent times I have been very occupied in a few other things in order to get my F&L on track putting this passion of mine on the back burner.

As in the past I always come back to it; I’m weird with relationships. I think I know what I want, and then I run. I think I run because I’m scared. I’m scared that I might get hurt. Or maybe I just haven’t found someone who I know is worth being hurt for. I am not scared of the dark. I am scared of what’s in it. I am not afraid of heights, I am afraid of the pain of falling. I am not afraid of people around me, I am just afraid of rejection. I am not afraid to love, I am just afraid of not being loved back, and I am not afraid to try again, I am just afraid of getting hurt for the same reason.


I have been reading some very interesting books lately and the one that comes to my mind now is Love Is Letting Go of Fear by Gerald G. Jampolsky; Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening, the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course? Each of us has such a bank. Its name is time. Every morning, it credits you with 86.400 seconds. Every night, it writes off as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to a good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day, it opens a new account for you. Each night, it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours. There is no drawing against “tomorrow.” You must live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get it from the utmost health, happiness, and success. The clock is running. Make the most of today. I do not believe in Destiny/Fate as matter of fact I will go on to say that destiny is for losers. It’s a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.

Just remember this; It starts with a dream. Add faith, and it becomes belief. Add action, and it becomes a part of life. Add perseverance, and it becomes a goal in sight. Add patience and time, and it ends with a dream come true. So go on and start your dream today as I have been dreaming...

Time and again...

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Happy Birthday Sis!

| Monday, March 12, 2012
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Here is my confession on your day; The more number of fights we have, the more I end up loving you. The more number of times you yell at me, I grow fonder of you. May this bond keep growing forever. The best gift I can give you today is to pass on my dreams, good health, luck, fortune and happiness to you. May you have years full of happiness to come. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday dear sis. I love you!

Happy Birthday Sis!

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Date :Monday, March 12, 2012
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What do I do?

| Thursday, March 8, 2012
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All of us can easily get through the day when things are going normally. The test of our mettle is when you get stressed up with all kinds of demands.

If you are having a rough day and you suddenly get a call that is irritating, as the person talking to you is arrogant and not listening to you or not willing to answer your questions, what do you do?

Well, this is what I do: I think of what I have made myself to be... or maybe play angry birds..

What do I do?

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Date :Thursday, March 8, 2012
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Happy Birthday Poonam!

| Saturday, March 3, 2012
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Wishing you all the happiness in the world on your Birthday. Just remember what I said to you before; You truly are a wonderful person.

I don’t regret the things I’ve done and the things I didn’t do for somewhere along the way, I must’ve done something right cause I am still here friends with you.

Remember the day?

Happy Birthday Poonam!

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Date :Saturday, March 3, 2012
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ME!

| Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Thought of the day -
Life is short. This could be all we have. In a flash, I could be dead and gone.Why waste the only time we have trying to impress people? Why spend it trying to make people like you? If you like me, you do. If you don't, you don't. It's crucial to be yourself. As a matter of fact you can only be yourself as everyone else is taken!





ME!

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Madpad!!!

| Friday, January 20, 2012
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Madpad!!!

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Date :Friday, January 20, 2012
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